Credit Card Offers Amex Explorer Offers & Discussion

Earn uncapped Amex Points and enjoy a $400 travel credit every year!​

Learn more and apply for this card:

American Express® Explorer Credit Card

With the American Express Explorer credit card, earn uncapped Amex Membership Rewards points and offset the annual fee with a travel credit.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

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What are the main benefits of this card?

1. Signup bonus: 50,000 bonus Amex Membership Rewards Points, when you spend at least $4,000 on eligible purchases within 3 months of approval
2. Earn 2 Membership Rewards Points per $1 on eligible purchases, uncapped, which you can transfer to 13 different airline & hotel programs
3. $400 annual travel credit fully offsets the $395 annual fee

Why we like the American Express Explorer credit card

This card lets you earn Amex Membership Rewards points at a solid rate of 2 points per dollar, uncapped, without the higher annual fee of the Amex Platinum card.

You can transfer Amex points to 11 airline frequent flyer programs and 2 hotel loyalty programs, generally at a 2:1 rate. For example, this means you’re effectively earning 1 Velocity Point, Qatar Avios or Cathay Asia Mile per $1 spent on the card.

The $395 annual fee is offset by a $400 annual travel credit that you can spend on eligible flights, car rentals or hotels when booking through American Express Travel.

You'll also receive two free annual visits to the Amex Centurion Lounges in Sydney or Melbourne Airport, plus complimentary travel insurance. See our card guide for the full details:

American Express® Explorer Credit Card

With the American Express Explorer credit card, earn uncapped Amex Membership Rewards points and offset the annual fee with a travel credit.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

AFF members are welcome to discuss this card in this thread.

 

[NoName]

With the current transfer rates 50,000 points is nowhere near enough to get me interested in this card.

 

[WilsonM]

There's often bonuses or referrals for 100k points - would recommend keeping an eye out for those. The exception to that would be if you know you're not going to go after another AMEX card for 18 months, and you can use the travel credit + 2 lounge passes in the first year easily. At that point, you've pretty much made back the annual fee, so its a 'free' 50k points (yes, not free ofc but you get my point)

 

[crh66]

With the current transfer rates 50,000 points is nowhere near enough to get me interested in this card.

Even though they rejected my application, likely due to churning, I'm still seeing the 70k personalized offer.
I'll probably try again in 90 days as suggested in the AMEX rejection thread - I'd like to keep this card, mostly due to the annual travel credit and lounge access..